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He lives in Los Angeles, specializes in film coverage, and is also our lead film critic.
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Behind the scenes of Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein.Image: Netflix
Every year horror films are hugely successful and people act like its a surprise.
Well, 2025 is the year it wont be a surprise.
Among the biggest films coming are Leigh WhannellsWolf Man, Guillermo del TorosFrankenstein, and Maggie GyllenhaalsThe Bride.
Highly anticipated sequels toBlack Phone, Five Nights at Freddys,andM3GANare coming.
And thats not even everything.
Yup, 2025 is gonna get gory.
(In fact, thats such a can of worms well tackle it in another article.)
In addition, though, 2025 is bringing many films that seem like products of another generation.
Films we really want to love and be excited for, but also have major hesitations about.
So what are we waiting for?
To be pleasantly surprised.
Thats because, on paper, lots of these are more than questionable.
Theres that live-actionSnow Whiteremake which feels like it was already released years ago.
Speaking of, does the world need live-action remakes ofLilo & StitchandHow to Train Your Dragon?
We want them all to be good!
We hope they are.
But, we all know how this usually turns out.
We feel like this year could be another big one to change that narrative.
Maybe hell break that down online once it happens.
Hes got his hands on many, many of the movies listed above.
And that was accurate, thanks to Denis Villeneuve.
For 2025, I think thatll also happen again but you cant make the same prediction twice.
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